Silicon compounds are compounds containing the element silicon (Si). As a carbon group element, silicon often forms compounds in the +4 oxidation state...

specialty glasses. Silicon compounds such as silicon carbide are used as abrasives and components of high-strength ceramics. Silicon is the basis of the...

prepared by the chlorination of various silicon compounds such as ferrosilicon, silicon carbide, or mixtures of silicon dioxide and carbon. The ferrosilicon...

silicide is reserved for any compounds containing silicon bonded to a more electropositive element. Binary silicon compounds can be grouped into several...

organometallic compounds containing carbon–silicon bonds, to which they are called organosilicon compounds. Most organosilicon compounds are similar to...

saturated chemical compounds with the empirical formula SixHy. They are hydrosilanes, a class of compounds that includes compounds with Si−H and other...

Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of the elements silicon and nitrogen. Si 3N 4 (Trisilicon tetranitride) is the most thermodynamically stable and...

Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2, commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the...

Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum (/ˌkɑːrbəˈrʌndəm/), is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon. A wide bandgap semiconductor...

Binary silicon-hydrogen compounds (sometimes called silanes) Silanization Magnesium silicide Methane, in which carbon (in that compound) and silicon (in...

element for any living organism. Similar to silicon and aluminium, naturally-occurring germanium compounds tend to be insoluble in water and thus have...

grade silicon by a chemical purification process, called the Siemens process. This process involves distillation of volatile silicon compounds, and their...

various elements and compounds. It is of interest in synthetic biology and is also a common subject in science fiction. The element silicon has been much discussed...

Silicon disulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula SiS2. Like silicon dioxide, this material is polymeric, but it adopts a 1-dimensional structure...

A silicon–oxygen bond (Si−O bond) is a chemical bond between silicon and oxygen atoms that can be found in many inorganic and organic compounds. In a...

Silicon tetraiodide is the chemical compound with the formula SiI4. It is a tetrahedral molecule with Si-I bond lengths of 2.432(5) Å. SiI4 is a precursor...

Silicon tetrafluoride or tetrafluorosilane is a chemical compound with the formula SiF4. This colorless gas is notable for having a narrow liquid range:...

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presence of second-row type stability in certain organosilicon compounds is known as the silicon α and β effects, after the corresponding locants. These stabilities...

the synthesis of silicon-containing organic compounds. Trichlorosilane is produced by treating powdered metallurgical grade silicon with blowing hydrogen...

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Silicon monoxide is the chemical compound with the formula SiO where silicon is present in the oxidation state +2. In the vapour phase, it is a diatomic...

Hypervalent iodine compounds are useful reagents in organic chemistry (e.g. Dess–Martin periodinane) Tetra-, penta- and hexavalent phosphorus, silicon, and sulfur...

Michael (1990). "Cage compounds with main-group metals". Chemical Reviews. 90: 3–16. doi:10.1021/cr00099a001. Silazane Precursors to Silicon Nitride. Defense...

highway construction, and as a source of silica for production of silicon and silicon compounds. Quartzite is a very hard rock composed predominantly of an...

Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si), sometimes also known as microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si), is a form of porous silicon. It is an allotropic form of silicon with...

numerous benefits that increasing the availability of silicon compounds has. Silicon-containing compounds are valuable to a plant, and serve to support the...

Hydrosilanes are tetravalent silicon compounds containing one or more Si-H bond. The parent hydrosilane is silane (SiH4). Commonly, hydrosilane refers...

the anode.[citation needed] Lithium-silicon batteries also include cell configurations where silicon is in compounds that may, at low voltage, store lithium...

casting - used as the inorganic binder in moulds An abrasive - for polishing silicon wafers Carbonless paper As binder or silica source in catalysts Desiccant...